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Item #42271 Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern. Matthaeus MERIAN, Martin ZEILLER, engraver, author.
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Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern
Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern
Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern
Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern
Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern

Topographia Bavariae, das ist Beschreibung und Eigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Stätt und Orth in Ober und Nieder Beyern, der Obern Pfaltz und andern

Frankfurt: 1644 [but 1700]. Folio. (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches). 138, [6] pp. Engraved title page, 58 plates (13 fold-out) showing 90 views, 2 maps, 1 armorial in-text plate.

Late 18th-century full marbled calf, spine with raised bands, elaborately tooled gilt, lettered gilt in the second compartment. Buntpapier endpapers

The Bavarian Volume from Merian’s Monumental Topographia Series.

This is the third edition of Topographia Bavariae, one of the most visually striking and historically important volumes in the celebrated Topographia Germaniae series produced by the Frankfurt publisher-engraver Matthäus Merian in collaboration with the geographer and translator Martin Zeiller. Issued in the midst of the Thirty Years War, the work offers a richly illustrated survey of the towns, fortresses, abbeys, and landscapes of Upper and Lower Bavaria, the Upper Palatinate, and adjacent regions. While Zeiller provided concise descriptive texts on each locale's geography, economy, and history, it is Merian's copper engravings that make the work a masterpiece of early modern topographical publishing. His panoramic views, cityscapes, and fortified profiles are among the most accurate and aesthetically refined of the 17th century, combining baroque grandeur with documentary precision. Matthäus Merian the Elder, a Swiss-born engraver and publisher, was among the most accomplished visual chroniclers of early Baroque Europe. Based in Frankfurt, Merian built a publishing empire that produced maps, illustrated histories, and city views renowned for their clarity and artistic merit. His Topographia Germaniae, initiated in the 1640s and continued by his heirs, eventually encompassed over 30 volumes and remains one of the great printed surveys of 17th-century Europe. Martin Zeiller, a prolific German humanist and geographer, authored the texts for most of the Topographia series. His background as a scholar and translator enriched the descriptions with classical references, historical anecdotes, and intelligent assessments of regional life and architecture.

Schuchhard, Die Zeiller-Merianschen topographieen 21.

Item #42271

Price: $4,000.00